BFE in some ways seems similar to GC in that many tracks feature lots of ad
lib layered on top of each other. Very busy, hard driving funk. I guess
that's the East Coast sound referred to previously.
So far (after a few listens) BFE has it all over Groove Collective--check
out Brooklyn Recycles and Mizz Bed-Stuy, the latter featuring the Tower of
Power Horns. I haven't heard either band live though. If there's been a
review of Brooklyn Funk Essentials, sorry...I must have missed it.
As for Greyboy's Land of the Lost. It has a much slower (you may want to
call it "laid back") feel. Maybe that was what spurred the West vs East
coast comment. The striking thing to me is the more 'minimalist' feel of
the CD. There are more open spaces in the music, more like a small jazz
ensemble playing ballads. And there are lots of melodic lines that you
want to hum for the rest of the day.
I suspect the differences in style may be more a reflection of where the
artists are in thier heads than where they are on the North American
continent.
Joe
P.S. Remember the AIFF sound files from Land of the Lost graciously sent
to any interested parties by e-mail? Only the sax and flute lines exactly
match what I'm hearing on the CD. Have these tracks been substantially
remixed between when we got the e-mailed files and the release of the CD,
or is it just the crappy AM quality of the speakers I've got hooked up to
my computor!?!